Tattva Bodhaतत्त्वबोधः
Tattva Bodha · passage 35
The organs of perception
एतेषां पञ्चतत्त्वानां मध्ये आकाशस्य सात्विकांशात् श्रोत्रेन्द्रियं सम्भूतम् । वायोः सात्विकांशात् त्वगिन्द्रियं सम्भूतम् । अग्नेः सात्विकांशात् चक्षुरिन्द्रियं सम्भूतम् । जलस्य सात्विकांशात् रसनेन्द्रियं सम्भूतम् । पृथिव्याः सात्विकांशात् घ्राणेन्द्रियं सम्भूतम् ।
eteṣāṃ pañcatattvānāṃ madhye ākāśasya sātvikāṃśāt śrotrendriyaṃ sambhūtam | vāyoḥ sātvikāṃśāt tvagindriyaṃ sambhūtam | agneḥ sātvikāṃśāt cakṣurindriyaṃ sambhūtam | jalasya sātvikāṃśāt rasanendriyaṃ sambhūtam | pṛthivyāḥ sātvikāṃśāt ghrāṇendriyaṃ sambhūtam |
Among these five elements: from the sattva part of space the organ of hearing came to be; from the sattva part of air, the organ of touch; from the sattva part of fire, the organ of sight; from the sattva part of water, the organ of taste; from the sattva part of earth, the organ of smell.
In plain words
Among these five elements, the ear arose from the sattva aspect of space; the skin from the sattva of air; the eye from the sattva of fire; the tongue from the sattva of water; and the nose from the sattva of earth.